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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎479r] (962/982)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (487 folios). It was created in 1910. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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(8) Pul-i-JubI, a brick bridge of 14 uniform arcbes. No footway,
really a viaduct. Three hundred yards below the Pul-i-’AH
Vardi Khan.
(9) Pul-i-Khajju, a brick bridge, footway 24 feet broad, resting
on 24 main arches superimposed upon a dam of solid blocks of
stone.
The upper portion is flanked by covered galleries, with a terrace
walk on the top. It unites the Hasanabad quarters of Isfahan
with the Takht-i-Falard, where are situated the extensive
cemetaries of the city on the right bank. It is the bridge by
which the post-road to Shiraz leaves the city. A bridge of the
Sefavi period, built by Shah ’Abbas II, on the ruins of an old
bridge.
(10) Pul-i-Shahristan, a brick bridge resting on stone piers, the last
of the five bridges Isfahan.
(11) Pul-i-Cham, near the villages of Rudan in the Kararaj district.
(12) Pul-i-SarvajI Badran, but the river now runs some distance south
of it.
(13) Pul-i-Narzaneh, near the village of Varzaneh in the Ruidasht
district. Below the Varzaneh bridge are three dykes—the
Band-i-Marvan, the Band-i-Janjij, and the Band-i-Shanzdeh
Deh, for raising the river so as to use it for irrigation. Not far
from the last dyke the river flows into the Gav-Khaneh salt
marsh.
The amount of water in the river is estimated at 60,000 cubic
feet of water per second in spring, in autumn it is reduced to
20 , 000 .
{Schindler; Arbuthnot, 1905.)
ElRA (District)—
A small district of Pars, subject to the Governor of the Gulf Ports and
situated between the Rud-i-Shirin and Dalaki streams immediately above
their junction where the Rud Hilleh river is formed; the district extends
also a little to the west of the Rud-i-Shirin. Zira is enclosed between the
Shabankareh district on the west, the Mazara’i district on the north and
the Dashtistan district on the east and south. The district lies close under
the hills, and the heat in summer is great. Dates and some cotton are
> grown, but the principal crops, as in the neighbouring districts, are wheat
and barley. The inhabitants are a medley of Persian*speaking tribes,
all of whom are Shi’ahs ; their number is estimated at 4,000 souls. The
men are well-armed with rifles and knives, and revolvers are worn. Agri*
cultural produce is the only export, and imports are the same as in the other
small districts near Bflshire. The Hashim man of Zira is equal to 20
Hashim mans of Bushire. The transport available in the district amounts
to about 50 horses and 1,500 mules. The district is managed by the Khan
of Shabankareh, who has a representative at Daurudgah; but the revenue
of part of it is farmed by the Salar-i-Mu’azzam. Arable land is assessed
atlOO Jcrdns per gdu of cultivation, and the tax on dates is half the produce
its value in cash. Administrative arrangements are the same or as in
Shabankareh.

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The item is Volume III of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition).

The volume comprises that portion of south-western Persia, which is bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north and east by a line drawn through the towns of Khaniqin [Khanikin], Isfahan, Yazd, Kirman, and Bandar Abbas; and on the south by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The gazetteer includes entries on villages, towns, administrative divisions, districts, provinces, tribes, halting-places, religious sects, mountains, hills, streams, rivers, springs, wells, dams, passes, islands and bays. The entries provide details of latitude, longitude, and elevation for some places, and information on history, communications, agriculture, produce, population, health, water supply, topography, climate, military intelligence, coastal features, ethnography, trade, economy, administration and political matters.

Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.

The volume contains an index map, dated July 1909, on folio 488.

The volume also contains a glossary (folios 481-486).

Compiled in the Division of the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India.

Printed at the Government Monotype Press, India.

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1 volume (487 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 489; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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